Crossword for Wed, 3/Apr/2024

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Across
1: Get into the archeology scene. (3)

3: Put hot cocoa out for someone glued to the TV (5,6)

8: Tarnish, with bit of dirt, symbol of Superman's composure (9)

10: Seat for the trafficker who doesn't take sides (5)

11: Total lack of enthusiasm for girlishness in Scotland? (9)

12: Michael Caine, first outspoken host (5)

14: Impostor made flanking attack (5)

15: '5 cents', I slurred, 'for a Russian man' (7)

17: Describes a northeastern state and some ancient Britons (7)

21: Puzzle over the end of soccer coach (5)

22: One who heals despicable person on TV hospital program (5)

23: Defile broken seed box (9)

24: Try abbreviation for South America, we hear (5)

26: In C, tritones blown by Satchmo, e.g. (9)

27: The star of 'Ellen' has at folks with substandard morals (11)

28: Neither's partner participated in an orchestra (3)

Down
1: End is close, doctor surreptitiously revealed (9)

2: Mary-Jane crochets her Pop a jumper (11)

3: After start of century, Maud, I'm mixing a yellow pigment (7)

4: A former Middle-Eastern leader who is reasonable in discussion (7)

5: When things are less busy in very loud plant in Oklahoma (3-4)

6: In the manner of a girl (3)

7: Robe's eyelet exposes more than fat (5)

9: Break out tea, originally unmixed, from the back (5)

13: Rebel action disrupted festival (11)

16: Detective negotiated nicer post (9)

18: Continue to rant (5,2)

19: Exotic cider as cocktail (7)

20: We hear actor Paul is one on the way up (5)

21: Little Richard was follwed by aliens, being bowed at the knees. (7)

22: It's believed to be average grass (5)

25: Bend in the middle and wind back (3)





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